Re: MVCC and index-only read

From: "Jonah H(dot) Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Sam Mason" <sam(at)samason(dot)me(dot)uk>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: MVCC and index-only read
Date: 2008-11-18 19:00:09
Message-ID: 36e682920811181100g87f141cw416968318b1d5617@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Sam Mason <sam(at)samason(dot)me(dot)uk> wrote:
>> It makes sense to me,
>> but I don't understand is how other databases (such as Oracle) do it.
>
> There are tradeoffs in both directions; [...] but Oracle's way is more optimized

<response type="snarky">
For the most part, that's all you needed to say :)
</response>

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Jonah H. Harris, Senior DBA
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